A women domestic worker strangled with a hair tie in Koura….is common news in Lebanon

Al Nahar newspaper of today reported in its security and judicial news section that, "Adugna Freeza, a women domestic worker, of Ethiopian nationality, was found dead inside her room at her employer’s house, in the town of Kal7at in Koura, after dying from asphyxiation with a hair tie, and that investigations are being conducted to find out the causes of her death”. The reporting of this piece of news, in this form is indeed a cause of great concern and raises serious questions about the role of the associations working to protect domestic workers, particularly in view of their responsibility to shed lights on the true circumstances of the death. Also worrying is the lack of attention by the media, notwithstanding the National News Agency which reported the event in only one sentence.
Source: Al-Nahar 12 June 2014